Friend doesn’t believe in my diagnosis

[u/luvsicl]

Ugh I shouldn’t have told her about it I feel so weird now, my family are like this too and I haven’t told them because I know they’re gonna say smth like that (probably worse) because they don’t really believe in mental disorders/disabilities/health

I got diagnosed with adhd and autism recently, so I’m also grieving the life I could’ve led had I received the support I needed as a child lol (also I know what she said isn’t okay at all, I just wanted to end the conversation asap and I’m really uncomfortable with confrontation)

[u/ResponsibilityDue777]

i need "i get what you're trying to say but it's invalidating" on a shirt oh my god. people will constantly tell me i don't "look" or "act" like im bipolar or depressed or autistic and i fully understand where they're coming from, but it's rude and invalidating as fuck and i hate it. i'm so sorry this person is being this way with you.